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Alternative Bridging makes BDM appointment

Alternative Bridging Corporation has promoted Mike Halsey to the role of business development manager...

Hope Capital publishes its first ESG report

Hope Capital has published an Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) report. The report provides a...

Assetz Capital supports Bradford PBSA development

Assetz Capital is providing a development facility to deliver a 169-unit PBSA scheme in...

United Trust Bank appoints BDM

United Trust Bank (UTB) Mortgages for Intermediaries has appointed Rachel Shackleton to the role...

Pepper Money makes sales team hire

Pepper Money has appointed Sam Bickerton as regional development manager for Surrey, Sussex, Hampshire,...

Cost of living making more people cautious over financial decision-making

The cost of living crisis is eroding people’s confidence in managing their money, with...

Bank of England added to SimplyBiz Mortgages’ Showcase event

SimplyBiz Mortgages has published the full agenda for its upcoming series of Mortgage Showcase...

LiveMore claims “broadest property criteria” for lifetime mortgage

LiveMore has launched Property Plus, a lifetime mortgage which it claims has the "broadest...

HTB cuts five-year BTL fixed rates by up to 60bps

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has reduced rates within its specialist buy-to-let mortgage range, offering...

Mercantile Trust launches one and five-year specialist BTL fixes

Mercantile Trust has introduced a one-year fixed rate and five-year fixed with no ERC,...

Skipton BS cuts over 100 mortgage rates

Skipton Building Society will be lowering over 100 mortgage rates across its product range. From...

Kent Reliance for Intermediaries improves BTL & residential deals

Kent Reliance for Intermediaries has launched new buy-to-let and residential products. The lender, part of...

Mutual quintet launch Leicestershire Lenders Live Event

Five Leicestershire-based building societies have joined forces to launch the inaugural Leicestershire Lenders Live...

LendInvest unveils new mortgages business division

LendInvest has created a new business division to serve its residential, buy-to-let and bridging...
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COMMENT

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Let’s not get bogged down in the macro, let’s focus on the ones and twos

In challenging times such as this, it often feels like the first instinct for many in the mortgage market is to talk it down....

Underwriting: Are we saying “no” to the wrong risks?

Over the last two days I’ve talked about the size of the later life lending market and the knowledge gap that still exists around...

The blind spot: residential advisers and the over-55 customer

Yesterday I talked about the supportive nature of the equity release and later life lending community and the fact that collaboration is one of...

The uncomfortable truth about the later life lending market

The headlines around the latest Equity Release Council figures released this month all suggested growth. But I think we need to have an honest...

Are we actually set up to support first-time buyers?

After a summer spent thinking it over, this time of year is often the point where first time buyers decide whether they're going to...

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Foundation raises income multiples for higher-earning mortgage borrowers

Foundation Home Loans has increased the amount higher-earning residential borrowers can access under changes...
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Wealthy Advisers Club funds £997 wellbeing retreat place to MIMHC

The Wealthy Advisers Club has donated a fully funded place at its inaugural Digital...
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Access FS mortgage business rises 46.8% in record July

Access Financial Services recorded its strongest month for mortgage business in July, with activity...
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LiveMore launches mortgage podcast for brokers and advisers

LiveMore has launched a podcast series covering developments in the specialist and later-life lending...

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